Document Cross Referencing

[Greg Roberts]

Hi

I wish to use VBA or .NET VB or C# to build a reference list between several
documents
and section headers and their section references. It is to build a
traceability matrix probably in Excel.
Most will be in Word documents, [some maybe Excel ?] . e.g

User requirements doc - 3.23 "Widget Color"

Functional Spec doc - 4.18 "Widget Color"

Test Spec doc - 2.56 "Widget Color"

Then output result :

User Checked Func Checked Test Checked
Widget Color 3.23 4.18 2.16
etc. for other sections

I am looking for some hints on the least painful way of flagging this and
programmatically getting at the section numbers.
The first thing that springs to mind is ..
- if we some how flag the text with a Font or Color then this would allow
for matches even when slightly different
wording occurs, e.g. WIDGET COLOR Preference , WIDGET COLOR Verification
(where the caps here imply a different color)
a master Word document with this text on lines so you could cut & paste it
into section headers in the different drawings .

Thanks in advance